Leg

Definition: Leg

Leg

Noun

1. A human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part between the knee and ankle.

2. A structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion.

3. One of the supports for a piece of furniture.

4. A part of a forked or branching shape; "he broke off one of the branches"; "they took the south fork".

5. The limb of an animal used for food.

6. A prosthesis that replaces a missing leg.

7. Cloth covering consisting of the part of a garment that covers the leg.

8. (nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack.

9. A section or portion of a journey or course; "then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise".

Date "leg" was first used: 13th century from the Old Norse expression "leggr" meaning "leg". (references)

Domain	Definition
Computing	A path in a routine or subroutine. Source: European Union. (references)
	A course or path taken in a program from one branch point to another. Source: European Union. (references)
Fine Arts	A narrow flat, or strip of canvas or other cloth, hung vertically from a border to the stage floor. Source: European Union. (references)
Food & Agriculture	One of the wires or chains connecting net to dan leno or bridle or otter board. Source: European Union. (references)
	The part used to attach body and coulter to the beam of a plough. Source: European Union. (references)
Literature	Leg (A), that is, a blackleg (q.v.). To make a leg, is to make a bow. "The pursuivant smiled at their simplicitye, And making many leggs, tooke their reward." The King and Miller of Mansfield. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Medicine	Leg means only the part of the lower limb between knee and ankle. Source: European Union. (references)
Mining	A. In mine timbering, a prop or upright member of a set or frame. Also called upright; post; arm b. One of the main upright members of a drill derrick or tripod c. A term sometimes applied to a centrifugal discharge bucket elevator. Usually a double leg bucket elevator. d. See:drafte. A side post in tunnel timbering. (references)
Post & Telecom	The portion of a channel between a drop off the main route and a drop on such route or on another leg. Source: European Union. (references)
Slang in 1811	LEG. To make a leg; to bow. To give leg-bail and land security; to run away. To fight at the leg; to take unfair advantages: it being held unfair by back-sword players to strike at the leg. To break a leg; a woman who has had a bastard, is said to have br. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
LEG	Dutch	Leidinggevende groep	Finance
LEG	English	Leadership Group	Finance
LEG	Finnish	Euroa käsittelevä johtoryhmä	Finance
LEg	French	Loi fédérale du 24 mars 1995 sur l'égalité entre femmes et hommes;Loi sur l'égalité	Law, Social Sciences
LEG	Portuguese	Leadership Group específico para o euro	Finance
LEG	Swedish	Ledarskapsgrupp (om euron)	Finance
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Leg

Synonyms: branch (n), fork (n), peg (n), pegleg (n), stage (n), wooden leg (n). (additional references)

Synonym by domain: stand-in (food & agriculture, mechanical engineering).

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Avoidance	Beat a retreat; turn tail, turn one's back; take to one's heels; runaway, run for one's life; cut and run; be off like a shot; fly, flee; fly away, flee away, run away from; take flight, take to flight; desert, elope; make off, scamper off, sneak off, shuffle off, sheer off; break away, tear oneself away, slip away, slink away, steel away, make away from, scamper away from, sneak away from, shuffle away from, sheer away from; slip cable, part company, turn one's heel; sneak out of, play truant, give one the go by, give leg bail, take French leave, slope, decamp, flit, bolt, abscond, levant, skedaddle, absquatulate, cut one's stick, walk one's chalks, show a light pair of heels, make oneself scarce; escape; go away; (depart); abandon; reject.
Confutation	Not leave a leg to stand on, cut the ground from under one's feet.
Courtesy	Uncover, cap; touch the hat, take off the hat; doff the cap; present arms; make way for; bow; make one's bow, make a leg; scrape, curtsy, courtesy; bob a curtsy, bob a courtesy; kneel; bow the knee, bend the knee.
Exertion	Take pains; do one's best, do one's level best, do one's utmost; give one hundred percent, do the best one can, do all one can, do all in one's power, do as much as in one lies, do what lies in one's power; use one's best endeavor, use one's utmost endeavor; try one's best, try one's utmost; play one's best card; put one's best leg foremost, put one's right leg foremost; have one's whole soul in his work, put all one's strength into, strain every nerve; spare no efforts, spare no pains; go all lengths; go through fire and water; (resolution); move heaven and earth, leave no stone unturned.
Failure	Limp, halt, hobble, fall, tumble; lose one's balance; fall to the ground, fall between two stools; flounder, falter, stick in the mud, run aground, split upon a rock; beat one's head against a stone wall, run one's head against a stone wall, knock one's head against a stone wall, dash one's head against a stone wall; break one's back; break down, sink, drown, founder, have the ground cut from under one; get into trouble, get into a mess, get into a scrape; come to grief; (adversity); go to the wall, go to the dogs, go to pot; lick the dust, bite the dust; be defeated; have the worst of it, lose the day, come off second best, lose; fall a prey to; succumb; (submit); not have a leg to stand on.
Impotence	Verb: be impotent; Adjective: not have a leg to stand on.
	Paralytic, paralyzed; palsied, imbecile; nerveless, sinewless, marrowless, pithless, lustless; emasculate, disjointed; out of joint, out of gear; unnerved, unhinged; water-logged, on one's beam ends, rudderless; laid on one's back; done up, dead beat, exhausted, demoralized; graveled; (in difficulty); helpless, unfriended, fatherless; without a leg to stand on, hors de combat, laid on the shelf.
Reasoning,	Cut blocks with a razor, beat about the bush, play fast and loose, play fast and loose with the facts, blow hot and cold, prove that black is white and white black, travel out of the record, parler a tort et a travers, put oneself out of court, not have a leg to stand on.
Support	Post, pillar, shaft, thill, column, pilaster; pediment, pedicle; pedestal; plinth, shank, leg, socle, zocle; buttress, jamb, mullion, abutment; baluster, banister, stanchion; balustrade; headstone; upright; door post, jamb, door jamb.
Thief	Cut purse, pick purse; pickpocket, light-fingered gentry; sharper; card sharper, skittle sharper; thimblerigger; rook, Greek, blackleg, leg, welsher; defaulter; Autolycus, Jeremy Diddler, Robert Macaire, artful dodger, trickster; swell mob, chevalier d'industrie; shoplifter.
Velocity	Hurry; (hasten); accelerate, put on; quicken; quicken one's pace, mend one's pace; clap spurs to one's horse; make haste, make rapid strides, make forced marches, make the best of one's way; put one's best leg foremost, stir one's stumps, wing one's way, set off at a score; carry sail, crowd sail; go off like a shot, go like a shot, go ahead, gain ground; outstrip the wind, fly on the wings of the wind.
Weakness	Verb: be weak; Adjective: drop, crumble, give way, totter, tremble, shake, halt, limp, fade, languish, decline, flag, fail, have one leg in the grave.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	You had a bullet from World War I in your leg, James (Twelve Monkeys; writing credit: David Webb Peoples) I'm only pulling your leg! It's a joke (Life of Brian; writing credit: Graham Chapman; John Cleese) It's all fun and games until someone gets shot in the leg. (Armageddon; writing credit: J.J. Abrams, Jonathan Hensleigh) A burglar tried to break into my friend's house, fell through a skylight, and cut his leg on a knife on the kitchen counter (Liar Liar; writing credit: Paul Guay; Stephen Mazur) It weren't true. That Mexican that come at me with a knife, I just busted his leg with a shovel (Unforgiven; writing credit: Walon Green; Roy N. Sickner)
Lyrics	You can tell your dog to bite my leg, ("Achy Breaky Heart"; performing artist: Billy Ray Cyrus) Broke my leg in Sante Fe (Amarillo By Morning; performing artist: George Strait) I'd sooner chew my leg off, (Bittersweet Me; performing artist: R.E.M.) And he bit the usherette's leg in the dark (Excitable Boy; performing artist: Warren Zevon; writing credit: Warren Zevon & LeRoy P. Marinell) She's holdin' leg wonderin' how to feel them (Legs; performing artist: ZZ Top)
Clever	Shot Off Woman's Leg Helps Nicklaus to 66 (references; author: unknown) Blood flows down one leg and up the other. (references; author: unknown) Skier: One who pays an arm and a leg for the opportunity to break them. (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	Leg med ilden (1966) Ung leg (1956) The Pirate Peg Leg Pete (1935) Peg Leg Pete (1932) Turn to Right Leg (1920)
Song Titles	Noises for the Leg (performing artist: The Bonzo Dog Band)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
References	The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Restless Leg Syndrome (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Where the Trout Are All As Long As Your Leg (reference) A Wolverine Is Eating My Leg (reference) Getting Your Foot in the Door When You Don't Have a Leg to Stand On (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	The Leg Fighters (reference) Born for Hard Luck: Peg Leg Sam Jackson (reference) Legs, Legs, Legs, Functional Leg Exercises for Conditioning & Rehabilitation (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Dog Leg Left (reference) Party Tyme Karaoke Country Leg [KARAOKE] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Designjet 800ps 42in 1200dpi 160MB Par USB 10/100 Ps3 Rip Hd Leg (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods	Ottomanelli's Oven-Ready Prime Beef Rib Roast & Prime Leg of Lamb (reference) Braun EE1170 Silk-Epil SuperSoft Plus Leg Hair Removal System (reference) General Tools 450-8 8" Flat Leg Divider (reference) Ottomanelli's Oven-Ready Prime Leg of Lamb & Honey-Glazed Spiral Ham (reference) General Tools 454-6 6" Flat Leg Inside Calipers (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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	Human malignant fibrous histiocytoma aspirated from a leg mass. Pap stain, magnified to 400 x. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.		A Las Vegas white, male college student, had his leg amputated above the knee when doctors discovered osteogenic sarcoma while he was a teen. He is seen here in a home bedroom setting, playing his guitar. He is presently disease-free and in college. He plays tennis, but is still shy about dating. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).
	Capillary fragility is one of the manifestations of a plague infection, evident here on the leg of an infected patient. Credit: CDC.		Emergence of mature worm through skin of leg, causing severe local pain. Credit: CDC.
	Power source for hoisting steel Jack up truck and use "fifth wheel" This could be dangerous - at least one leg broken by getting wrapped up Safety modifications made to system after individual severely injured Triangulation party of Paul A. Smith. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		Raising third leg of instrument tripod at Station Hugo Triangulation party of William H. Burger. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
	AQUARIUS post-hurricane Hugo-- 6 feet of sand scoured from beneath leg. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).		Maj. Terrence Leary (left) helps Maj. Russell Fellers adjust the seat before taking off on the next 10-mile leg of a 40-mile mountain bike relay during the all-service Wilderness Challenge 2000. Leary and Fellers were members of the Air Force Pentagon tea.
	Child eating turkey leg. Credit: USDA.		Leg bone of dinosaur found in New Mexico. Credit: Mike O'Neill.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Author	Quotation
Abraham Lincoln	How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.
Thomas Fuller	A lie has no leg, but a scandal has wings.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	You see we have been wedging one leg with paper
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Jean Valjean saw him hasten across the garden, as fast as his crooked leg would let him, with side glances at his melons the while
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	The men looked up at him, and then down at the ground, and their feet moved restlessly and they shifted their weight from one leg to the other
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	His Excellency, having mounted on the small of my right leg, advanced forwards up to my face, with about a dozen of his retinue
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	With consummate skill he has set his trap with a hair springe to catch comfort and independence, and then, as he turned away, got his own leg into it.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		This approach has been shown to be helpful in reducing nighttime leg jerking. (references)
		For example, a stroke in the right hemisphere of the brain can leave the left arm and leg paralyzed. (references)
		In the procedure, doctors try to locate and selectively sever overactivated nerves controlling leg muscles. (references)
Business		Frilled hems, Capri pants, Turkish trousers, wide leg trousers, drawstring lounge pants, hipsters, low-slung trousers, one-piece trousers. (references)
		According to local industry the U.S. got 30% of this market for long haul destinations, Australia 45% and the Far East 15%. Many travelers to Australia break journey for a few days in the Far East on one leg of their journey. (references)
		PG&E National Energy Group's participation in the project includes the development of the 77-mile U.S. leg of the pipeline, and Sempra Energy International will direct development of the 135-mile Mexican leg which will link the company's existing natural gas assets in Rosarito and Mexicali. (references)
Civil Liberties	Bangladesh	Sikder was later transferred to Dhaka's National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases where the attending doctors amputated his right leg, which had been shattered by bullets. (references)
Economic History	Russia	U.S. chicken leg quarters continue to dominate the Russian import market for poultry meat. (references)
	Ukraine	Since 1994, U.S., poultry exports (mostly chicken leg quarters) to Ukraine have grown steadily. (references)
Human Rights	Argentina	He was shot in the leg in January. (references)
	Nicaragua	One of the assailants was injured in the leg. (references)
	Laos	In some cases detainees reportedly are held in leg chains or wooden stocks. (references)
Minorities	Romania	In January the European Roma Rights Center (ERRC) reported two incidents in which private security guards beat Roma; in one of the cases, a Roma man was shot in the leg. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	TIGHTS, n. An habiliment of the stage designed to reinforce the general acclamation of the press agent with a particular publicity. Public attention was once somewhat diverted from this garment to Miss Lillian Russell's refusal to wear it, and many were the conjectures as to her motive, the guess of Miss Pauline Hall showing a high order of ingenuity and sustained reflection. It was Miss Hall's belief that nature had not endowed Miss Russell with beautiful legs. This theory was impossible of acceptance by the male understanding, but the conception of a faulty female leg was of so prodigious originality as to rank among the most brilliant feats of philosophical speculation! It is strange that in all the controversy regarding Miss Russell's aversion to tights no one seems to have thought to ascribe it to what was known among the ancients as "modesty." The nature of that sentiment is now imperfectly understood, and possibly incapable of exposition with the vocabulary that remains to us. The study of lost arts has, however, been recently revived and some of the arts themselves recovered. This is an epoch of renaissances, and there is ground for hope that the primitive "blush" may be dragged from its hiding-place amongst the tombs of antiquity and hissed on to the stage.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Leg" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.81% of the time. "Leg" is used about 5,337 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	99.81%	5,327	1,836
Unclassified Items	0.09%	5	157,705
Lexical Verb (base form)	0.07%	4	175,879
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	0.02%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	5,337	N/A

Expressions using "leg": A good leg ♦ a leg of mutton ♦ animal leg ♦ artificial leg ♦ baker's leg ♦ Barbados leg ♦ black leg of potatoes ♦ bow leg ♦ boy leg ♦ break a leg ♦ break one's leg ♦ calf of the leg ♦ chicken leg ♦ drapery leg ♦ Elevator leg ♦ Factory leg ♦ False leg ♦ final leg ♦ first leg ♦ Fore leg ♦ frog's leg ♦ gammy leg ♦ get a leg in ♦ give a leg up ♦ give him a leg up ♦ give smb. a leg up ♦ good leg ♦ hang a leg ♦ have cramp in one's leg ♦ have one leg in the grave ♦ have one's leg in a cast ♦ hind leg ♦ i broke my leg ♦ i have pins and needles in my leg ♦ landing gear leg ♦ lazy leg ♦ Leg bail ♦ leg bare ♦ leg bone ♦ Leg Bones ♦ Leg bridge ♦ leg cloth ♦ leg covering ♦ leg curl ♦ leg curling ♦ Leg Dermatoses ♦ leg drop ♦ leg exercise ♦ leg extensor ♦ Leg Injuries ♦ leg it ♦ leg it! ♦ Leg Length Inequality ♦ leg of an animal ♦ leg of angle ♦ leg of chair ♦ leg of lamb ♦ leg of mutton ♦ leg pull ♦ Leg stump ♦ Leg Ulcer ♦ leg up ♦ lower leg ♦ lower part of the trouser leg ♦ main undercarriage leg ♦ milk leg ♦ nose leg ♦ nose undercarriage leg ♦ not have a leg to stand on ♦ not leave a leg to stand on ♦ oleo leg ♦ on the final leg ♦ pant leg ♦ peg leg ♦ pull a leg ♦ pull his leg ♦ pull one's leg ♦ pull smb.'s leg ♦ pull someone's leg ♦ pull the leg of ♦ pulling smb.'s leg ♦ put smb. on his leg ♦ radio range leg ♦ Restless leg syndrome ♦ right leg ♦ second leg ♦ shake a leg ♦ show a leg ♦ square leg ♦ takeoff leg ♦ telescopic leg ♦ the boot is on the other leg ♦ the leg of a boot ♦ the leg of a stocking ♦ trouser leg ♦ tuft leg length ♦ turkey leg ♦ upper leg ♦ upwind leg ♦ water leg ♦ white leg. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "leg": leg-and-an-arm, leg-armour, leg-bail, leg-before, leg-bones, leg-break, leg-breaks, leg-bye, leg-byes, leg-cuffs, leg-cutter, leg-elbow, leg-feathers, leg-frame, leg-gripper, leg-guard, leg-guards, leg-in-plastered, leg-irons, leg-like, leg-lock, leg-loop, leg-muscle, leg-muscles, Leg-of-mutton, leg-o'-mutton, leg-over, leg-overs, leg-pads, leg-power, leg-propelled, leg-pull, leg-puller, leg-pulling, leg-ribbons, leg-room, leg-rowing, leg-rubbing, leg-show, leg-side, leg-sleeve, leg-spin, leg-spin-and, leg-spinner, leg-straps, leg-stretch, leg-stretching, leg-theory, leg-up, leg-veins, leg-warmer, leg-warmers, leg-weary, leg-yield, leg-yielding.
	Ending with "leg": chair-leg, dog-leg, first-leg, short-leg, square-leg, trouser-leg, two-leg.
	Containing "leg": gate-leg table, odd-leg caliper.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "leg"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		poot (foot, paw), been (bone, paw). (various references)

Albanian		këmbë (abutment, foot, hoof, locomotives, paw, peg, pin, shank, trotters). (various references)

Arabic		‏فخذ (femoral, thigh), ‏مباراة العودة (rematch, return match), ‏مباراة الذهاب, ‏ورك الدجاج, ‏ساق (bole, drive, shank, trunk), ‏عصا (cane, perch, pole, prop, staff, stave, stick, switch, tally, truncheon), ‏رجل (bloke, boy, buck, chap, gent, go on foot, lad, male, man, pin), ‏دعامة (abutment, armature, backlog, beam, brace, crutch, hold, pier, pillar, prop, shore, slip, slipway, staff, stanchion, stick, stock, strut, support). (various references)

Asturian		pierna. (various references)

Aymara		chara. (various references)

Basque		zango. (various references)

Bemba		ukulu. (various references)

Bulgarian		коляно (articulation, crank, elbow, joint, knee, manifold, stub, toggle, tribe), подпорка (baluster, carrier, prop), протеза (artificial limb, prosthesis), бут (butt, buttock, ham, haunch, quarter, rump, side), етап (lap, point, round, stadium, stage), обиколка (ambit, circuit, girth, round, round trip, roundabout, swing, tour, touring, turn, walk about), горнище на обувка, изкуствен крак, катет (cathetus), стойка (attitude, bipod, carriage, crutch, deportment, holder, pier, pillar, port, post, posture, rack, rest, riser, set, stand, tree), крак (foot, paddle, peg, podium, shank, stilt), крачол, фаза (avatar, phase, quarter, stage), част (concern, detachment, division, fraction, interest, lap, member, movement, outfit, parcel, part, partition, piece, portion, proportion, quantum, quota, rate, section, segment, share, slice, snack, unit), разстояние на курс, рамо (arm, lever, shoulder), горнище на чорап. (various references)

Cebuano		bitiis. (various references)

Chamorro		addeng. (various references)

Chinese		腿 . (various references)

Cornish		ber. (various references)

Czech		noha (foot, shank). (various references)

Danish		ben (bone, paw). (various references)

Dutch		been (arm, bone, paw), onderbeen (paw). (various references)

Ecuadorian Quechua		chanca. (various references)

Esperanto		kruro (paw), gambo. (various references)

Faeroese		bein (bone, paw). (various references)

Farsi		پایه (Base, Basis, Bedrock, Buttress, Cantilever, Column, Degree, Ground, Groundwork, Mark, Measure, Mount, Outrigger, Phase, Pillar, Prop, Root, Sill, Stage, Stalk, Stanchion, Status, Stock, Stratum), پاچه شلوار, پاچه (Foot), پازدن (Foot, Pedal), پا (Foot, Paw, Peg, Pod), قسمت (Arm, Canto, Chapter, Compartment, Department, Detachment, Division, Dole, Flat, Grist, Internode, Lot, Parcel, Party, Percentage, Piece, Plank, Portion, Proportion, Rasher, Ratio, Sect, Section, Segment, Share, Slice), ساقه (Shank, Stalk, Stem), ساق پا (Shank, Shin), ران , دوندگی کردن , بخش (Borough, Branch, Canton, Commune, County, Department, District, Division, Installment, Item, Lot, Member, Parcel, Parish, Part, Party, Piece, Portion, Precinct, Quarter, Role, Sect, Section, Sector, Segment, Share, Zone). (various references)

Finnish		sääri (calf, paw, shank), jalka (base, foot, paw, stand, stem). (various references)

French		jambe (derrick leg), patte (leg of an animal), cuisse, branche. (various references)

Frisian		skonk (paw). (various references)

German		Bein (bone, foot, paw), keule (bat, blackjack, bludgeon, club, cudgel, haunch, joint, Mace), Zweig (bough, brace, branch, cane, department, path, spray, sprig, stick, twig), Unterschenkel (lower leg, paw, shank), schenkel (shank, shanks, thigh, thighs), schaft (shaft, shank, stalk, stock). (various references)

Greek		κνήμη (calf, shank, shin, tibia), πόδι (foot). (various references)

Haitian Creole		pye. (various references)

Hawaiian		këmbë (foot, paw). (various references)

Hebrew		שוק (drumstick, shank, side, thigh), קטע טיסה, כרע (knee, lower part of the thigh), רגל (base, foot), צלע (beam, hemistich, rib, side). (various references)

Hungarian		lábszár (paw, shank, shin), lábazat (feet, foot, footing, plinth). (various references)

Icelandic		leggur (paw). (various references)

Indonesian		kaki (base, foot, paw), betis (calf). (various references)

Inuktitut		niuk. (various references)

Irish		cos (foot, paw). (various references)

Italian		gamba (foot, paw, shank), zampa (foot, footer, four-footed, paw), cosciotto (gigot, leg of mutton), coscia (ham, haunch, thigh). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		脚 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		すね (shin), きゃくぶ, あし (bulrush, ditch reed, evil, foot, gait, pace, reed), はぎ (bush clover). (various references)

Korean		다리. (various references)

Macedonian		noga. (various references)

Manx		lurgagh (blackwinged stilt, long-legged). (various references)

Maori		waewae. (various references)

Maya		ook. (various references)

Mohawk		ohsina. (various references)

Norwegian		ben (bone, paw). (various references)

Occitan		camba. (various references)

Papago		kahio. (various references)

Papiamen		pia (foot, paw). (various references)

Pig Latin		eglay.(various references)

Polish		noga (paw). (various references)

Portuguese		perna (paw, shank), pé (base, paw, stem, tootsy). (various references)

Provencal		camba. (various references)

Romanian		laturã (aspect, phase, side), suport (bolster, carriage, chuck, foot, holdfast, Jack, mat, Mount, pad, pedal, plinth, prop, puncheon, reliance, shore, stanchion, stand, steady, stem, support), ramificaţie de şosea, piesã polarã, piedestal (base, dado, foot, pedestal, plinth), picior (base, foot, joint, paw, peg, shoulder, stalk, stem, toe), gambã (calf, shank), crac (bang, crack, crash, pop), ciosvârtã, cârjã (crook, crutch, staff, support), but (goal), bretea. (various references)

Romansch		chomma. (various references)

Romany		chang. (various references)

Ruanda		ukuguru. (various references)

Russian		стойка (cheek, column, dead set, handstand, puncheon, rack, soda fountain, stanchion, stand, standard, stilt, strut, tree, upright), фаза (phase), штанина (trouser leg, trouser-leg), голень (calf, shank, shin), ветвь (arm, bough, branch, limb, rame, rami, ramification, ramus), нога;ветвь, нога (foot, hoof, peg), ножка (knuckle, pedicel, pedicle, peduncle, stalk, stem, tootsy, tootsy-wootsy), подставка (bracket, chock, horse-block, mounting, pedestal, rack, stand, stay, support, zarf), подпорка (bearer, bracket, buttress, chock, counterfort, puncheon, shore, stay, support, upright). (various references)

Samoan		vae. (various references)

Scottish		cas (abrupt, curled, fire, foot, gnash the teeth, haft : casan, oppose, passionate, paw, rash, shaft, steep, thwart, to close upon). (various references)

Sepedi		leoto. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		nogavica (trouser leg), noga (foot, peg, shank, tootsy), nožni (foot, pedal), krak (prong, ray, tine), deo puta, but (aitchbone, ham), batak (drumstick). (various references)

Shona		gumbo. (various references)

Spanish		pierna (downstroke, haunch, paw, shank), pernil (ham), pata (Drake, duck, f, flat, foot, hoof, lap, pad, paw, peg, strap, tab), caña (boot, bootleg, cane, fishing rod, glass, marram-grass, noggin, pint, Reed, rod, shaft, shank, shin, stem). (various references)

Sranan		futu (foot, paw). (various references)

Swahili		mguu (foot, paw). (various references)

Swazi		um-lente. (various references)

Swedish		ben (bone, bones, legs, paw). (various references)

Tagalog		bintî (paw). (various references)

Thai		เดินหรือวิ่งหนี, สาขา (arm), ขาเก้าอี้หรือขาโต๊ะ, ขากางเกง, ขา (Mystic Meg, Mystic Megs). (various references)

Turkish		bacak (crural, limb, paw, pin, shank, shin, stump). (various references)

Turkmen		aяak (end). (various references)

Ukrainian		ударити по нозі, штовхати ногою, гомілка (knuckle, shank, shin), ніжка (stalk), нога (foot, shank), етап, лапа (hand, pad, paw, puller). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự tự lực (self-help, self-reliance, self-support), sự tự chủ chạy đi, chặng, chân (limb, shank, stipe), chỉ thấy chân với cẳng kiệt sức, bỏ chạy (track). (various references)

Welsh		troed (foot, handle), hegl (shank), esgair (ridge, shank), coes (handle, shank, stalk, stem), clun (brushwood, haunch, hip, meadow, moor, thigh), bagl (crook, crutch). (various references)

Yucatec		ook (foot, paw). (various references)

Zulu		umlenze (paw). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	crur, cruris, crur; cruris, crura, cruribus, crus, spatulasque. (various references)
Late Latin	300-700	gamba. (various references)
Middle English	1100-1500	gamb. (various references)
Old North French	1200-1500	gambe. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Genesis Chapter 47, Verse 29
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Hggisan de ai hmerai israhl tou apoqanein kai ekalesen ton uion autou iwshf kai eipen autw ei eurhka carin enantion sou upoqeV thn ceira sou upo ton mhron mou kai poihseiV ep' eme elehmosunhn kai alhqeian tou mh me qayai en aiguptw
Latin	405	Vulgate	Cumque adpropinquare cerneret mortis diem vocavit filium suum Ioseph et dixit ad eum si inveni gratiam in conspectu tuo pone manum sub femore meo et facies mihi misericordiam et veritatem ut non sepelias me in Aegypto
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And whanne he bihelde the day of deeth to neiy, he clepide his sone Joseph, and seide to hym, If Y haue foundun grace in thi siyt, putte thin hoond vnder myn hippe, and thow shalt do to me mercy and treuthe, that thow byrie me not in Egipte;
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	When the tyme drewe nye that Israel must dye: he sent for his sonne Ioseph and sayde vnto him: Yf I haue founde grace in thy syghte put thy hande vnder my thye and deale mercifully ad truely with me that thou burie me not in Egipte:
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said to him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And the time of his death came near, and he sent for his son Joseph and said to him, If now I am dear to you, put your hand under my leg and take an oath that you will not put me to rest in Egypt;
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Genesis Chapter 47, Verse 29
Cebuano	Ug nagkahaduol na ang mga adlaw sa pagkamatay ni Israel, ug iyang gitawag si Jose nga iyang anak, ug miingon kaniya: Kong nakakaplag ako karon ug kalomo sa imong mga mata, ginapangaliyupo ko kanimo nga ibutang mo ang imong kamot sa ilalum sa akong paa, ug magbuhat ka kanako sa kalooy ug kamatuoran; ginapangaliyupo ko kanimo nga dili mo ako pag-ilubong sa Egipto.
Croatian	A kad se približi vrijeme Izraelu da umre, pozva svoga sina Josipa te mu reèe: "Ako mi želiš ugoditi, stavi svoju ruku pod moje stegno kao jamstvo svoje odanosti meni: nemoj me sahraniti u Egiptu!
Danish	Da nu Tiden nærmede sig, at Israel skulde dø, kaldte han sin Søn Josef til sig og sagde til ham: "Hvis jeg har fundet Nåde for dine Øjne, så læg din Hånd under min Lænd og lov mig at vise mig den Kærlighed og Trofasthed ikke at jorde mig i Ægypten.
Dutch	Als nu de dagen van Israel naderden, dat hij sterven zou, zo riep hij zijn zoon Jozef, en zeide tot hem: Indien ik nu genade gevonden heb in uw ogen, zo leg toch uw hand onder mijn heup, en doe weldadigheid en trouw aan mij, en begraaf mij toch niet in Egypte;
Finnish	Kun lähestyi aika, jolloin Israelin oli kuoltava, kutsui hän poikansa Joosefin ja sanoi hänelle: "Jos olen saanut armon sinun silmiesi edessä, niin pane nyt kätesi minun kupeeni alle ja osoita minulle laupeus ja uskollisuus: älä hautaa minua Egyptiin,
French	Lorsqu`Israël approcha du moment de sa mort, il appela son fils Joseph, et lui dit: Si j`ai trouvé grâce à tes yeux, mets, je te prie, ta main sous ma cuisse, et use envers moi de bonté et de fidélité: ne m`enterre pas en Égypte!
German	Da nun die Zeit herbeikam, daß Israel sterben sollte, rief er seinen Sohn Joseph und sprach zu ihm: Habe ich Gnade vor dir gefunden, so lege deine Hand unter meine Hüfte, daß du mir die Liebe und Treue an mir tust und begrabest mich nicht in Ägypten;
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Ketika sudah dekat saatnya akan meninggal, dipanggilnya Yusuf, anaknya itu, lalu berkata kepadanya, "Letakkanlah tanganmu di antara pangkal pahaku dan bersumpah bahwa engkau tidak akan menguburkan aku di Mesir ini.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Setelah Israel hampir akan mati maka dipanggilnya akan Yusuf, anaknya, katanya kepadanya: Jikalau kiranya engkau kasih akan daku, bubuhlah tanganmu di bawah pangkal pahaku serta buatlah kebajikan dan setia akan daku, dan janganlah kiranya engkau kuburkan aku di Mesir.
Maori	Na ka whakatata nga ra o Iharaira e mate ai ia: a ka karanga i tana tama, i a Hohepa, ka mea ki a ia, Na, ki te mea ka manakohia ahau e koe, tena, whakapakia mai tou ringa ki raro i toku huha, a whakaputaina mai he aroha, he pono ki ahau; kaua r a ahau e tanumia ki Ihipa:
Norwegian	Da det led mot den tid at Israel skulde dø, kalte han sin sønn Josef til sig og sa til ham: Kjære, har jeg funnet nåde for dine øine, så legg din hånd under min lend og vis mig den kjærlighet og trofasthet at du ikke begraver mig i Egypten,
Portuguese	Quando se aproximava o tempo da morte de Israel, chamou ele a José, seu filho, e disse-lhe: Se tenho achado graça aos teus olhos, põe a mão debaixo da minha coxa, e usa para comigo de benevolência e de verdade: rogo-te que não me enterres no Egito;
Rumanian	Cknd s`a apropiat Israel de clipa moryii, a chemat pe fiul squ Iosif, wi i -a zis: ,,Dacq am cqpqtat trecere knaintea ta, pune, rogu-te, mkna subt coapsa mea, wi poartq-te cu bunqtate wi credinciowie fayq de mine: sq nu mq kngropi kn Egipt.
Swedish	Då nu tiden närmade sig att Israel skulle dö, kallade han till sig sin son Josef och sade till honom: "Om jag har funnit nåd för dina ögon, så lägg din hand under min länd och lova att visa mig din kärlek och trofasthet därmed att du icke begraver mig i Egypten;
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "leg": legacies, legacy, legal, legalese, legaleses, legalise, legalised, legalises, legalising, legalism, legalisms, legalist, legalistic, legalistically, legalists, legalities, legality, legalization, legalizations, legalize, legalized, legalizer, legalizers, legalizes, legalizing, legally, legals, legate, legated, legatee, legatees, legates, legateship, legateships, legatine, legating, legation, legations, legato, legator, legators, legatos, legend, legendarily, legendary, legendries, legendry, legends, leger, legerdemain, legerdemains. (additional references)
	Words ending with "leg": blackleg, bootleg, bowleg, dogleg, foreleg, gleg, jackleg, midleg, proleg, redleg, roughleg. (additional references)
	Words containing "leg": ablegate, ablegates, alegar, alegars, allegation, allegations, allege, alleged, allegedly, alleger, allegers, alleges, allegiance, allegiances, allegiant, alleging, allegorical, allegorically, allegoricalness, allegoricalnesses, allegories, allegorise, allegorised, allegorises, allegorising, allegorist, allegorists, allegorization, allegorizations, allegorize, allegorized, allegorizer, allegorizers, allegorizes, allegorizing, allegory, allegretto, allegrettos, allegro, allegros, aquilegia, aquilegias, bafflegab, bafflegabs, battleground, battlegrounds, blacklegs, bootlegged, bootlegger, bootleggers, bootlegging. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Leg" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aleeg, aleg, bleeg, bleg, eleg, elg, flegg, Iepg, ileg, kleg, Lagg, lbga, leag, leb, leeg, leege, leej, lef, lega, lege, leggr, legi, legl, lego, leh, lel, leng, leog, leq, leu, leuga, lev, Lge, lgp, lieg, liga, Lirg, lng, logg, lpg, lreg, lsg, lugg, luj, lyg, Lysg, oleg, pleg, veg, Xeg, zeg. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "leg" (pronounced le"g)
2	-e" g	beg, egg, keg, Meg, peg, Reg, Segue.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: gel.
	Words within the letters "e-g-l"
	-1 letter: el.
	Words containing the letters "e-g-l"
	+1 letter: egal, gale, geld, gels, gelt, gled, glee, gleg, glen, gley, glue, legs, loge, luge, ogle.
	+2 letters: agile, aglee, aglet, agley, algae, angel, angle, argle, bagel, belga, bilge, bogle, bugle, bulge, eagle, elegy, fugle, gable, galea, gales, gavel, gelds, gelee, gelid, gelts, gimel, glace, glade, glare, glaze, gleam, glean, gleba, glebe, glede, gleds, gleed, gleek, glees, gleet, glens, gleys, glide, glime, globe, glove, gloze, glued, gluer, glues, gluey, glume, golem, gruel, guile, gules, ingle, kluge, kugel, lager, large, ledge, ledgy, legal, leger, leges, leggy, legit, liege, liger, lodge, loges, longe, luged, luger, luges, lunge, ogled, ogler, ogles, plage, regal.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
leg	9,063	leg and heel	298
sexy leg	2,345	table leg	279
leg cramp	1,434	leg cast	279
restless leg syndrome	1,312	great leg	265
leg pain	1,034	daddy long leg	260
fetish leg	848	classy leg	259
celebrity leg	841	contour leg pillow	256
hot leg	774	leg brace	231
long leg	773	leg sex	220
spread leg	748	woman leg	213
leg r us	628	leg fetish.com	213
crossed leg	581	leg foot	212
broken leg	565	open leg	211
leg exercise	533	nylon leg	209
girl leg	490	leg muscle	184
leg show	469	sexy long leg	180
nice leg	406	leg gallery	179
leg stocking	391	hairy leg	177
beautiful leg	386	leg avenue	176
restless leg	313	womens leg	166
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.


"My leg 01" by Florian Geiger Commentary: "....my leg..."	"Wood leg 1" by Elias Minasi Commentary: "Brothers using wood leg."
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

Leg

Definition: Leg

Leg

Noun

Specialty Definition: Leg

Specialty Definition: Leg

Muscles of the human leg:

Muscles of the calf

Vasculature of the leg

The arteries

The veins

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Leg

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Synonyms: Leg

Synonyms within Context: Leg

Avoidance

Confutation

Courtesy

Exertion

Failure

Impotence

Reasoning,

Support

Thief

Velocity

Weakness

Crosswords: Leg

Modern Usage: Leg

Screenplays

Lyrics

Clever

Movie/TV Titles

Song Titles

Commercial Usage: Leg

References

Books

Theater & Movies

Music

High Tech

Consumer Goods

Image Slideshow: Leg

Photos:Leg

Illustrations:Leg

Computer Images:Leg

Photo Album: Leg

Digital Photo Gallery: Leg

Familiar Quotations: Leg

Abraham Lincoln

Thomas Fuller

Use in Literature: Leg

Emma

Austen, Jane

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Non-Fiction Usage: Leg

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Usage Frequency: Leg

Expressions: Leg

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Leg

Modern Translation: Leg

Afrikaans

Albanian

Arabic

Asturian

Aymara

Basque

Bemba

Bulgarian

Photos:
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Illustrations:
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Computer Images:
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